Leghari
The Leghari (Baluchi: لغاری, Sindhi: لغاري, or Laghari) are a Baloch tribe living in the Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. The Leghari Baloch primarily speak the Seraiki, Sindhi, and Balochi language, and are largely Sunni Muslims.
Subdivisions
The Leghari are subdivided into the hotani Alyani, Hadyanii, Bagal,changwani, Jalab/Jalabaani, Ramdani Birmani and Mureedani Hybat clans.[1]
History
The Leghari Baloch are originally "Rind Baloch". The Baloch do not have a documented history and as such the exact movement of the tribe is not known yet it is established that the tribe has had influence in past centuries in the Sibi, Barkhan and Loralai area of Balochistan . More than two centuries ago they conquered a large part of what is today Dera Ghazi Khan District and established themselves at Choti Zareen (Lower Choti). The Leghari Tumandars (or Sardars i.e Tribal leaders) ruled a vast territory and collected tax from as far off as Barkhan in Balochistan. The Sardars of the Leghari tribe are known to have joined the Amirs of Sindh and are known to have fought during the Battle of Miani, particularly as artillerymen. Haji Zafar Ali Khan Laghari was twice minister during the rule of Benazir Bhutto. Sardar Farooq Ahmed was elected as the President of Islamic Republic Of Pakistan. Imran Zafar Laghari S/O Haji Zafar Laghari was elected as Member of National Assembly with a high rate of Votes in Dadu Districts history.
Notables
References
- ↑ Henry Walter Bellew (1973). An inquiry into the ethnography of Afghanistan: (Um ein Verzeichnis d. Stammes- u. Clan-Namen sowie um eine Kt. verm. Nachdr. d. 1891 in Woking ersch. Ausg. Photomechan. Nachdr.). Akadem. Druck- u. Verlagsanst. p. 109. ISBN 978-3-201-00808-2. Retrieved 24 August 2012.